Reviews
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I wait for this podcast every week, and am never disappointed. This is the first podcast that seems designed just for my tastes: intersectional, queer, irreverent, cross-cultural critique with great music and a sense of humor. Thank you for making this happen, Karen and Wynter!
- usefuljack
- Aug. 14, 2019
Millenial fan over here
Karen and Wynter are true pop culture experts, and they make this a really fun listen. They are covering everything my friends with older siblings were appalled I hadn't seen AND new things I am too old to know about. These are my pop culture elders and I am here to learn!!!
- @linladysmiler
- Aug. 13, 2019
This show is a goddamn delight
Wynter and Karen are so good at this. It’s two pals making sense of each other’s worlds while both having a deep bench of references. I legit LOLed at their discussion of Robbie Neville’s “C’est la Vie.” These are two true pros who know how to balance deep dives with a conversational tone. If you are into 80s and 90s pop culture—and you miss a Certain Show That Was Unreasonably Canceled—listen to and support this program. 5/5!
- Tonya Harding Junior
- Aug. 10, 2019
YAY
Deeply grateful for finally getting an explanation of “yeet.” I sincerely feel so much better. Thanks, awesome ladies!
- alden
- Aug. 10, 2019
WyNtEr AnD kArEn 4eVa!
I will follow these ladies into any abyss! Proud to be a Patreon supporter of this incredible podcast with these smart, stunning women! Can’t wait to hear more!
- Hamandjams
- Aug. 4, 2019
💜💜💜💜
I love love love this show. So happy that Karen & Wynter are back. Their insight brings me joy.
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- Uccloud9
- Aug. 2, 2019
My favorites are back!
Have enjoyed these two wonderful people for a long time and very happy they’re back on the pods. The discussions are so fun and as someone who remembers much of the era, there a nostalgia itch being scratched in the most tingly way. Only thing missing is a mood-of-the-day “hello hello!” and a sultry “hi exhalers”. Wynter and Karen are the best!
- SurferKitty
- July 31, 2019
A treat!
Love that this isn’t just a nostalgia bath for Olds (note: I am an Old). Instead, Karen and Wynter take you on trips through time, connecting the Pop of the past to that of our current moment. A treat!
- abrentrup
- July 27, 2019
#genXforlife
These two could read the phone book and I’d show up for it, but this podcast is exactly what I needed.
- MsGoodall
- July 23, 2019
There’s a place for us!
As a Pop Rocket fan I was DE-VA-STAT-ED when that show went off the air. But I didn’t have to wait long to keep hearing the incisive pop culture commentary I’d come to love. Karen and Wynter, two of the MOST sparkling, fascinating, witty, real, and fabulous voices from that show have branched out on their own to bring us W2X and as a newly-minted Gen Xer (b. 1979 and told until 5 minutes ago that I was NOT a Gen Xer) I could not be more delighted to have their brains and voices back in my headphones.
More, more, more!
- TheRealTavie
- July 21, 2019
Two episodes in and loving it
From the flames of the old pop rocket podcast come rising out two heroes to save the day. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll hiccup and belch. Oh and learn new slang words you never thought could exist.
Fill your ear holes with the brilliance that is this excellent podcast.
- TibbiS
- July 19, 2019
Love it!!
I’m so glad to have Wynter and Karen in my earbuds again! They have such great discussions and points of view, and bring such fresh energy to stuff from my tweenage & teenage years that I’d forgotten I loved.
- Beth in Atlanta
- July 17, 2019
- philadelphiaboston
- July 17, 2019
Colorado Gen X
As much as I loved Pop Rocket I can't help be happy that Karen Tongson and Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh are now free to start this amazing podcast. I may be biased as they are pandering to my demographic (class of 86) but I love their deep dives into Gen-X culture. Both hosts bring a depth of pop culture knowledge and a love of the material that is so refreshing in a world of jaded podcasts hosted by bored straight white dudes. Rock on X-halers!
- Colorado Gen X
- July 17, 2019
- Julonred
- July 16, 2019
Insightful pop cultre from a Gen-X perspective
Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh and Karen Tongson, two of the four co-hosts of Pop Rocket, are back with a pop culture podcast delving into the latest news and '90s-era cultural touchstones from a Generation-X point of view. Funny, thoughtful analysis from two women who are glued to the culture and have an affable passion for the popular.
- trecoolx
- July 16, 2019
Hello Hello
Have loved Karen and Wynter for years. Can’t wait for this new chapter to continue to unfold.
- C.G.987
- July 16, 2019
A Worthy Successor To Pop Rocket
I was an avid fan of Pop Rocket and was so disheartened when it was cancelled. So it makes me so happy that two of its co-hosts have made their own new show. “Waiting To X-Hale” is a great take on pop culture from a WOC Gen-X perspective. It’s smart, funny and insightful. And Karen & Wynter have fantastic chemistry. Check it out!
- Jeezjon
- July 16, 2019
Two wonderful women, one podcast
The work that these two cultural commentators did on their previous podcast was extraordinary. I expect no less this time around. Subscribe and wait for the magic every week in your feed! Welcome back!
- Hi-Coloni Anderson
- July 16, 2019
Thank you ladies!
Thank you for coming back into my Honda CR-V speakers and getting me to my errands with style and grace. I needed you!
- KrissyCo9
- July 15, 2019
Love Karen, Wynter, and this Podcast!
These ladies are insightful, witty, educated, funny, honest, realistic, and their banter and rapport make the podcast a great one. There isn’t really another Podcast like this. The wait is over!
- MrsBeeee
- July 15, 2019
eXcellent & eXtraordinary
I was an eXtreme fan of the hosts’ prior venture, Pop Rocket Podcast, which was aXed by MaXimum UnFun network. I’m so eXhilarated to hear these two eXalted women back at it again. XoXo.
- M. Keener
- July 15, 2019
I wait with bated breath no more
Intelligent. Passionate. Funny. No, this isn't their Tinder profile but you do need to swipe right for this podcast. I've been listening to KT and WMR for a while, and when it comes to pop culture they are my point of view I didn't even know I had. Hits all the quadrants. So excited to have this in my regular rotation.
- funnyface97
- July 15, 2019
- melkyway1234
- July 15, 2019